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Bridge House Gardens

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Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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1. Richmond Bridge to Pembroke Lodge loop return via Terrace Walk

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2. Thames Path at Ham House – Teddington Lock and Weir loop from Twickenham

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3. Thames Path at Ham House – Richmond Bridge loop from Twickenham

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Edvard

May 30, 2018

These gardens are on the site of Bridge House, built in about 1690 for the Revd Abiel Borfett, minister of Richmond in the late C17th, with terraces down to the river.

In the mid-1700s it was the home of Abraham Levy, a wealthy merchant of Hounsditch. By the early 20th century it had become fashionable tea rooms with tables set out on its terraces. It was derelict by 1959 when the site was acquired by the council to become one of the four public “pocket gardens” along the riverside. The lower level is now leased to the Tide Tables café, which occupies one of the arches beneath Richmond Bridge and continues the tradition of a delightful place to eat by the Thames with a riverside garden terrace.

The garden was restored in 2008 as part of the London’s Arcadia project and the area includes magnificent London Plane trees. At the upper level is a bust of Bernardo O’Higgins (1778-1842), liberator of Chile from Spanish rule and briefly a resident of Richmond.

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Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Bridge House Gardens

1. Richmond Bridge to Pembroke Lodge loop return via Terrace Walk

2. Thames Path at Ham House – Teddington Lock and Weir loop from Twickenham

3. Thames Path at Ham House – Richmond Bridge loop from Twickenham

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